1st Edition

Foundations of Islāmic Psychology From Classical Scholars to Contemporary Thinkers

260 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Foundations of Islāmic Psychology: From Classical Scholars to Contemporary Thinkers examines the history of Islāmic psychology from the Islāmic Golden age through the early 21st century, giving a thorough look into Islāmic psychology’s origins, Islāmic philosophy and theology, and key developments in Islāmic psychology. In tracing psychology from its origins in early civilisations,... Read more

Section I: Foundation & Revival of Islāmic Psychology  1. Foundation of Islāmic Psychology: The "Dodo Bird" Revival  2. The Golden Age of Islām  3. Islāmisation of Knowledge in the Evolution of Islāmic Psychology  Section II: Classical Scholars: Philosophers, Physicians, and Theologians  4. Abu Yusuf Yaqub Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindī  5. Ibn Miskawayh, Ibn Rushd, and Al-Fārābī  6. Abū Bakr Mohamed Ibn Zakariya Al-Rāzī  7. Abu Zayd Ahmed Ibn Sahl Al-Balkhī  8. Abu Ali Al-Husayn Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sīnā  9. Abu Ḥāmid Muḥammad Al-Ghazâlî 10. Ibn Taymīyah al-Ḥarrānī  11. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawzīyah  12. Ar-Rāghib Al-Aṣbahānī  13. Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Ibn Al-Jawzī  14. Ibn Khaldūn Al-Ḥaḍramī  Chapter 15. Ibn Rajab Al-Ḥanbalī  Section III: 19-21st Century Scholars, Academics, and Clinicians  16. Allāmah Muhammad Iqbāl (Pakistan)  17. Malik Badri on His Contributions to the Revival of Islāmic Psychology (Sudan)  18. Amber Haque (US/India)  19. Abdur Rasjid Skinner (UK)  20. Akhbar Husain (India)  21. Rania Awaad (Egypt/US)  22. Muhammad Tahir Khalily (Pakistan)  23. Suleyman Derin (Turkey)  24. Hamid Rafiei-Honar (Iran)  25. Saleh Bin Ibrahim Al-Sanie (Saudi Arabia)  26. Pavlova Olga Sergeevna (Russia)  27. G. Hussein Rassool (Mauritius/UK)  Section IV: Epilogue  28. Shifting the Paradigm: Decolonising Psychology Knowledge  29. Islāmic Psychology: Promising Past and Challenging Future

Biography

G. Hussein Rassool is Professor of Islāmic Psychology & Consultant for the Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology/Centre for Islāmic Psychology, Pakistan. He is a Fellow of the International Association of Islāmic Psychology (FIAIP) and Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH); Member of the International Association of Muslim Psychologists, and Al Balkhi Islāmic Psychology Education and Research. He is the Chair of the Rassool Institute of Islāmic Psychology Research.

Mugheera M. Luqman is currently the Head of Tarbiyah Department, Riphah International University, Pakistan. He is a member of the Research and Ethics Committee (REC) in the Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences. He is pursuing his doctoral studies with the Riphah Centre of Islāmic Psychology.